We shall never know the identity of the man who in 1976 made the mostunsuccessful hijack attempt ever. On a flight across America, he rose fromhis seat, drew gun and took the stewardess hostage.

“Take me to New York,” he demanded.

“We’re already going to New York,” she replied.

“Oh .. good,” he said, and sat down again.

THE WORST BANK ROBBERY

In August 1975 three men were on their way in to rob the Royal Bank ofScotlandat Rothesay, when they got stuck in the revolving doors. They hadto be helped free by the staff and, after thanking everyone, sheepishlyleft the building. A few minutes later they returned and announced theirintention of robbing the bank, but none of the staff believed them.

When they demanded 5,000 pounds in cash, the head cashier laughed at them,convinced that it was a practical joke. Then one of the men jumped overthe counter, but fell to the floor clutching his ankle. The other twotried to make their getaway, but got trapped in the revolving doors again.

THE WORST ANIMAL RESCUE
During the firemen’s strike of1978, the British Army had taken overemergency fire fighting and on 14 January they were called out by anelderly lady in South Londonto retrieve her cat which had become trappedup a tree. They arrived with impressive haste and soon discharged theirduty. So grateful was the lady that she invited them all in for tea.Driving off later, with fond farewells completed, they ran over the catand killed it!!

LAWYERS Vs INSURANCE

This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably thecentury.

A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars,then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month havingsmoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet havingmade even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed aclaim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated thecigars were lost “in a series of small fires.”

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that theman had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued .. andwon!

In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company thatthe claim was frivolous. The Judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyerheld a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigarswere insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire,without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire, and wasobligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appealprocess, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to thelawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the “fires.”

NOW FOR THE BEST PART…

After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrestedon 24 counts of ARSON!!!!

With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case beingused against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning hisinsured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000fine.

This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent CriminalLawyers Award Contest.

I considered this mail as just another forward till i read it. Worth a read atleast once.. What do u say ??

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn’t know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren’t exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you don’t recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren’t really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job… and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.

Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn’t. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure.

You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can’t meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you’re doing this because you know that you aren’t a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself… and while winning the race would be great, right now you’d just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that every one reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

We call it the “Quarter-life Crisis.”

Send this to your twenty-something friends… maybe it will help someone feel like they aren’t alone in their state of confusion…